Eyeglass-clip.



-10 of the bridge.

WALTER G. KING, OI NEW YORK, N. Y.

EYEGLASS-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed July 10, 1908. Serial No.442,821.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, IVALTER G. I(1NG,,21

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the elty of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Eyeglass Clip, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to eyeglass clips, my more particular purpose being to provide an nnproved construction ofi'ering various ad antages of adjustment, strength, durability and ease of manufacture.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, in which simiTar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

l igure 1 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation showing a pair of eyeglasses equipped with my improved clip; Fig. 2 is a plan view of .the construction shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section upon the line 3-8 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing how the levers are mounted upon pivots, and also showing the peculiar spring construction of one of these levers; and Fig. l is a plan view of a blank as stamped out and ready for use in making a lever.

Lenses 5 are connected together by a bridge (3, the latter being provided with forks 7 which receive the lenses and are provided with pins 8 which pass directly through the lenses and forks. The bridgeisfurther provided with braces 9 integral with it, these braces extendinoalong the edges of the lenses. The bridge is also provided with flat portions 10 constituting bearings, and mounted upon these hearings arelevers 11. Each of these levers is provided with apad 12 having a. rou hened surface 13 for engaging the nose. dfiach lever is further pro vided with a portion 14 extending down-' wardly and used to manipulate the lever. Each lever has a portion 15'1ntegral with it and bent spirally around to an extent approximating one complete turn. The outer or free'end of this turn supports the pad 12 and a depending portion 12.

Adjacent to each end of the bridge 6 a. bolt 16 is secured firmly in the flattened portion This bolt is encircled b a spiialspring 17, one end 18 of this spring lodging against the portion 15 of the lever and the other end 19 ofthefspring in question being lodged against the brace 9.

In order to facilitate making-the levers, I stamp out a blank of sheet metal, as indicated in Fig. 4c. This blank is provided with an opening 21 (into which the bolt 16 is to be inserted afterward) andi'sprovitled'with portions 12, 12 13, It which are shaped afterward, as above described.

My device is used as follows: The operator grasps the portions 14 of the levers 11 and thus turns the levers relatively-to the bolts 16 considered as centers. In doing this, the spiral springs 17 are subjected to greater tension. The pressure ofthe fingers pads 12 are pressed toward each other by the action of the spiral springs 17 thereby causing the eyeglasses to adhere to the wearers nose. The portions 15 of the levers relatively to the parts 14 being relaxed, the

11 have suflicientspring to enable ,thelever to readily adjust themselves to the nose, and the spiral springs 17 afford the gripping pressure for holding the pads 12 in proper contact with the nose. The operator, however, by grasping either fpad 12 may slightly bend the port-ion 15 0 material so as to give a little different set or conformation, and in this way may without diiliculty adjust the fit of the glasses upon the nose.

I am aware that lovers have heretofore been used upon eyeglasses and provided with a spring portion disposed intermediate the pad 12 and the handle of the lever. I find, however, that if the spring portion of the lever has the conformation indicated at 15, so that the lever is practically bent around almost in the form of a circle, a number of advantages accrue. .One is that the lever .is not easily broken; another is that 1t 1s easily given a. different set if such be .desired; and a third is that the pressure of the pad 12 upon the nose is less disagreeable in its effect. ment permits a slight adjustment of the I also find that this arrangeglasses without materially disturbing the positions of the pads 12 relatively to the wearers nose.

Having thus describedmy invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

an eyeglass clip comprising a bridge provided with means for gripping the edges of lenses, levers ournalcd upon said bridge, each of sa d levers being provided with a spring portion having the form of a ribbon of turning the same bodily in relation to bent substantially into a circle and provided said lenses.

.with a pad disposed upon the outer or free In testimony whereof I have signed my end of said portion for the purpose of enname to this specification in the presence of 5 gaging the wearers nose, pivot bolts for two subscribing Witnesses.

said levers on the side of the sprin portion 7 v T opposite the pad, said spring porti ons each WALTER having a depending integral portion sub- Witnesses:

stantially in alinement with 'the pad, and A. PABs'r 10 springs engaging said levers for the purpose SAMUEL WARD. 

